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www0935
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 Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 12:44 am Post subject: Please help check the answer to another question. |
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The following is another question:
Choose a correct sentence.
(A) A boy as he is, he is quite mature and brave.
(B) I paid him double usual price because he was one of my best employees.
(C) Peter took his children to the Central Park to have a picnic last weekend.
(D) For most people in Taiwan, the 1970s has been a decade of nearly zero growth in the living standard.
The answer is (D), but I think (C) is nothing wrong, and in (D) there is something wrong. Could someone help me with this question? Many thanks. |
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askeladd
Joined: 05 Jan 2010
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Location: Chicago area, USA
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:00 am Post subject: Re: Please help check the answer to another question. |
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| www0935 wrote: |
The following is another question:
Choose a correct sentence.
(A) A boy as he is, he is quite mature and brave.
(B) I paid him double usual price because he was one of my best employees.
(C) Peter took his children to the Central Park to have a picnic last weekend.
(D) For most people in Taiwan, the 1970s has been a decade of nearly zero growth in the living standard.
The answer is (D), but I think (C) is nothing wrong, and in (D) there is something wrong. Could someone help me with this question? Many thanks. |
(C) is not correct, because "Central Park" doesn't need an article in front of it. ==> "Peter took his children to Central Park to have a picnic last weekend."
(D) is correct. Perhaps you were thinking "...the 1970s has been a decade..." is the error?
This is why they have indicated this sentence as correct: Although it is plural, it is singular in construction, since we are considering that decade (of years) as a single entity - the word "decade" (singular) gives you a clue that this is the case.
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